Tag Archives: Paradise

Unafraid

for Vashti Her jet-black hair with golden flowers arrayed She walked the reverent woods alone and unafraid A passion raw, unfiltered, shaped her words She sang to the echoing hills and chorus birds Bright sun and shadow striped her honey … Continue reading

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Iphigenia in Paradise

Onomastics Outside the Box brought to my attention that Iphigenia is mentioned in Dante’s Divine Comedy, in Canto V of Paradise. I myself once followed Dante through Inferno and halfway up Purgatory, but never reached Paradise… I reached for my … Continue reading

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